LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 27 April 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Tiay mare and roan gelding advertised in Monday and Tuesday's ■papers, April 16th. and 17th, as .impounded, will bo sold on Monday, 29th at 12 o 'clock, at the pound. An Auckland paper states that Mr. Greenwood, the owner of Biplane, has taken legal advice in regard to the motion of censure passed upon him by the Manawatu Racing Club stewards and that Supremo Court proceedings may follow. The committee of the Manawatu Racing Club has decided that all the profits from the autumn meeting shall be invested in the War Loan, and that the securities shall be handed over for use in patriotic purposes. It is understood that the profits amount to a considerable sum

At the close of the P.P.A. meeting at the Town Hall in Wellington on Wednesday night the chairman (the Rev. Knowles Smith; thanked the police for the quiet yet efficient way in which they had done their duty at the meeting in the way of preserving order. He had noticed a number of quiet evictions’' as the meeting progressed. (Laughter and applause.) Sir Joseph Ward thinks New Zealanders ought to thank God every day of their lives that they were a producing country. So far as the future of New Zealand was concerned, he looked forward to the exports reaching £151,000,000. The commercial community would have to consider the interwining of Capital and Labour, which was essential. The Prim© Minister informed the members of the Wellington Chamber of Commence that in 1914 the insulated vessels trading tj Nav' Zealand numbered 99, in 1915 the number was reduced in 84 in 1916 to 78, and in 1917 to 62, but more use was made of the space last year, when £31,000,000 worth of produce was shipped, Since then, 19 vessels, some of which traded also with Australia, had been lost. The imports for the year amounted to £20,000,000 and when the population was taken into consideration it would be found that the trade per head was greater than in any other country in the world. It spoke volumes for the wonderful productiveness of the country.

A smart girl is wanted as apprentice to the drapery sales at Mr. A. Spence’s drapery house. Main Street,

The Woman’s Working Club Shop will bo in charge of Mrs. Powell and Mrs. Wrightson on Wednesday, 12th May. A choice stock of produce, cakes, etc., will bo on sale..

Taihape Motors Ltd., announce that they have large stocks of motor car and other tyres, which they are selling at Wellington prices, which will bo fitted to the purchaser’s car without extra charge. This firm is also agents for the world f inv-cs Dodge Bros’ car. The repair department is under the supervision of one of the most skilled mechanics in the Dominion. A new advertisement appears on page 8.

The question of footwear has now become an acute one, and probably there is no section of the community on whom passes more the increased cost than the working man. To meet this particular class of customer, Murray’s Cash Boot Store has placed on the market a splendid boot termed “The Spanker,” ~"guaraTitced waterproof. The boot is quaintly termed “a boot with a conscience.’’ Further particulars will be found in another column.